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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30×1000 kHz bands 1.5-12 MHz 8-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 7 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 700 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC 12 V DC (4 × AA cells)
Current RX ? ? 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 318 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.52 × 13.86 in)
342.9 × 254 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 13.61 kg (30.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-1 COLLINS-000051-Q YUPITERU-MVT-007000